Nature in a nutshell: Natural capital, ecosystem services and nature-based solutions

Nature’s conservation is essential to maintaining the systems and processes that support life on Earth. In an effort to conceptualise nature’s value from an economic perspective, the terms natural capital, ecosystem services, and nature-based solutions have begun to permeate the contemporary discourse. To help investors navigate and employ these increasingly mainstream, and too often conflated, terms, members of RIAA’s Nature Working Group put together this summary explaining what they mean and their relevance to the investment community.